Social Psychology 9th Chapter 1-12 Latest Update
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Common assumptions often go unchallenged among a group of scholars who share the
same
A. area of interest.
B. method of inquiry.
C. level of intelligence.
D. culture.
culture.
We tend to take for granted the shared beliefs that European social psychologists call our
_____, our most important but least debated convictions.
A. social representations
B. symbolic interactions
C. hindsight
D. naturalistic truths.
social representations
The critique that social psychology has assumed that people are competitive and
individualistic and that conformity is always bad, is likely to come from someone who
believes that
A. social psychology is not a "real science."
B. social psychology cannot study objective truth.
C. social psychology is the study of what we know through common sense.
D. social psychology has been influenced by Western cultural worldviews.
social psychology has been influenced by Western cultural worldviews.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Science is purely objective.
B. Different levels of explanation compete to provide a real understanding of human nature.
C. Scientific labels are value-free.
D. Humans tend to prejudge reality based on expectations.
Humans tend to prejudge reality based on expectations.
Which of the following psychological terms reflects a disguised value judgment?
A. well-adjusted only
B. mentally ill only
,C. self-actualized only
D. mature or immature
mature or immature
Which of the following labels does NOT imply a judgment based on subjective values?
A. freedom fighter
B. terrorist
C. patriot
D. a doctor.?
a doctor.
Which of the following statements is true about values and social psychology?
A. Research trends are usually out of step with the social concerns of their times.
B. The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
scientific analysis.
C. Research into how values form, change, and influence one another helps us identify which
of them are right.
D. The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
subjective analysis.
The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
scientific analysis.
The statement, "The way things are, is the way they ought to be," reflects the
A. hindsight bias.
B. social representation.
C. naturalistic fallacy.
D. correlation-causality bias.
naturalistic fallacy.
A cross-cultural researcher finds that across the world most legislators are male. He
concludes that the political office in his own country should be closed to women. The
researcher is most clearly guilty of
A. the naturalistic fallacy.
B. the hindsight bias.
C. illusory correlation.
D. false consensus effect.
the naturalistic fallacy.
A researcher finds that university students wash their hands on an average of three times a
day. She concludes that an educational program is necessary to encourage frequent hand
washing by those who wash their hands less than once a day. The researcher is probably guilty
of
A. hindsight bias.
B. the "I knew it all along" phenomenon.
, C. illusory correlation.
D. the naturalistic fallacy.
the naturalistic fallacy.
Two contradictory criticisms faced by social psychology are that its findings are obvious
and that
A. its findings are complicated.
B. its findings are false.
C. its findings could be used to manipulate people.
D. its findings are contradictory.
its findings could be used to manipulate people.
The quote, "One problem with common sense is that we invoke it after we know the
facts," from your textbook describes
A. the naturalistic fallacy.
B. the hindsight bias.
C. the illusory correlation.
D. the social representations bias.
the hindsight bias.
The hindsight bias contributes to the idea that
A. psychological experiments lack mundane realism.
B. social psychology is potentially dangerous.
C. the results of psychological experiments are mere common sense.
D. psychological experiments lack experimental realism.
the results of psychological experiments are mere common sense.
One problem with common sense is that we invoke it _____ we know the facts.
A. before
B. as
C. after
D. only some of the times as
after
According to the text, _______________ tends to make people overconfident about their
ability to predict something that, at the time it was unfolding, they had no idea how it will all
turn out.
A. the fundamental attribution error
B. the illusory correlation
C. the naturalistic fallacy
D. the hindsight bias
the hindsight bias
2025 New Brand!!!
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Common assumptions often go unchallenged among a group of scholars who share the
same
A. area of interest.
B. method of inquiry.
C. level of intelligence.
D. culture.
culture.
We tend to take for granted the shared beliefs that European social psychologists call our
_____, our most important but least debated convictions.
A. social representations
B. symbolic interactions
C. hindsight
D. naturalistic truths.
social representations
The critique that social psychology has assumed that people are competitive and
individualistic and that conformity is always bad, is likely to come from someone who
believes that
A. social psychology is not a "real science."
B. social psychology cannot study objective truth.
C. social psychology is the study of what we know through common sense.
D. social psychology has been influenced by Western cultural worldviews.
social psychology has been influenced by Western cultural worldviews.
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Science is purely objective.
B. Different levels of explanation compete to provide a real understanding of human nature.
C. Scientific labels are value-free.
D. Humans tend to prejudge reality based on expectations.
Humans tend to prejudge reality based on expectations.
Which of the following psychological terms reflects a disguised value judgment?
A. well-adjusted only
B. mentally ill only
,C. self-actualized only
D. mature or immature
mature or immature
Which of the following labels does NOT imply a judgment based on subjective values?
A. freedom fighter
B. terrorist
C. patriot
D. a doctor.?
a doctor.
Which of the following statements is true about values and social psychology?
A. Research trends are usually out of step with the social concerns of their times.
B. The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
scientific analysis.
C. Research into how values form, change, and influence one another helps us identify which
of them are right.
D. The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
subjective analysis.
The fact that human thinking always involves interpretation is precisely why we need
scientific analysis.
The statement, "The way things are, is the way they ought to be," reflects the
A. hindsight bias.
B. social representation.
C. naturalistic fallacy.
D. correlation-causality bias.
naturalistic fallacy.
A cross-cultural researcher finds that across the world most legislators are male. He
concludes that the political office in his own country should be closed to women. The
researcher is most clearly guilty of
A. the naturalistic fallacy.
B. the hindsight bias.
C. illusory correlation.
D. false consensus effect.
the naturalistic fallacy.
A researcher finds that university students wash their hands on an average of three times a
day. She concludes that an educational program is necessary to encourage frequent hand
washing by those who wash their hands less than once a day. The researcher is probably guilty
of
A. hindsight bias.
B. the "I knew it all along" phenomenon.
, C. illusory correlation.
D. the naturalistic fallacy.
the naturalistic fallacy.
Two contradictory criticisms faced by social psychology are that its findings are obvious
and that
A. its findings are complicated.
B. its findings are false.
C. its findings could be used to manipulate people.
D. its findings are contradictory.
its findings could be used to manipulate people.
The quote, "One problem with common sense is that we invoke it after we know the
facts," from your textbook describes
A. the naturalistic fallacy.
B. the hindsight bias.
C. the illusory correlation.
D. the social representations bias.
the hindsight bias.
The hindsight bias contributes to the idea that
A. psychological experiments lack mundane realism.
B. social psychology is potentially dangerous.
C. the results of psychological experiments are mere common sense.
D. psychological experiments lack experimental realism.
the results of psychological experiments are mere common sense.
One problem with common sense is that we invoke it _____ we know the facts.
A. before
B. as
C. after
D. only some of the times as
after
According to the text, _______________ tends to make people overconfident about their
ability to predict something that, at the time it was unfolding, they had no idea how it will all
turn out.
A. the fundamental attribution error
B. the illusory correlation
C. the naturalistic fallacy
D. the hindsight bias
the hindsight bias
